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5 days ago · William Eugene “Duke” Westover, a longtime Liberty University supporter and business associate, died Sunday, May 19, at age 88. Westover faithfully served many of the ministries started by his ...
1 day ago · Equiv. US$ 162.7 million in 2023; [2] #2 Forbes top-earning pirates [3] Signature. Sir Francis Drake ( c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and third circumnavigation overall.
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3 days ago · The Wakefield Lodge Estate, 1706-1811. Queen Catherine finally died on New Year's Eve 1705 (fn. 106) and thus the honor of Grafton passed to the 2nd duke of Grafton, who had tried unsuccessfully to buy out the queen's interest three years before. (fn. 107) Grafton House and the demesnes, however, remained in the hands of his mother and her ...
4 days ago · Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, heiress of the Earl of Oxford, brought the manor, or as it is called in some records, the barony of Bolsover, to William Duke of Portland, grandfather of the present noble owner, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland.
3 days ago · William, prince of Wales (born June 21, 1982, Paddington, London, England) is the elder son of Charles III and Diana, princess of Wales, and the heir apparent to the British throne. William is one of the most popular members of the British royal family, and he has come to personify the modern monarchy.
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1 day ago · William Henry Seward ( / ˈsuːərd /; [1] May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War, he ...
3 days ago · Under an Act of 1495 the manor passed on Jasper's death to Henry, duke of York (later Henry VIII), and reverted to the Crown in 1502. (fn. 21) In the 1520s it was administered by various keepers and stewards appointed by the Crown, among them Sir William Compton and the courtier Sir Henry Norreys.
